Craft By Zen

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  • Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    The political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead, they find that rural China has not only adapted to rapid globalization but has actually innovated the technology we all use today.
    Filed: 📖 Books
  • Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    Intro to emotional intelligence (EI) and mindfulness. It goes through mindfulness and meditation exercises to enhance EI, making it relevant for individuals in a modern, fast-paced workplace and lead a happier life.
    Filed: 📖 Books
  • Svelte
    Posted

    While I wrote my first Svelte application 4 years ago, I wanted to test my Svelte knowledge by solidifying it into a blog post.

  • Weekly Review, Annotated (2024 Edition)
    Posted

    My weekly review breakdown with annotations. Deep dive into the pillars of productivity.

  • Posted
    Author: Jeremy Wong
    Josh Waitzkin shares his unique systems of thematic learning, idea generation, building resilience, and mastering the art of performance psychology.
    Filed: 📖 Books
  • 2024 Week 05 - Weekly Notes
    Posted

    Obsidian gems of 2023, another terrible thing happened in Florida, restoring children deafness, giant parasol could alleviate Global Warming, and Tailwind criticism.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • Newsletter Announcement: Introducing Buttondown
    Posted

    We are officially migrating off the old platform and onto a new one.

  • Using my custom book macro for Obsidian QuickAdd Plugin
    Posted

    Setting up the Obsidian QuickAdd plugin with a custom book plugin

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • 2024 Week 04 - Weekly Notes
    Posted

    Getting excited about Chess, Shiny object syndrome, Viral Tunnels, and GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • Introducing Curations
    Posted

    Curations is my attempt at blending the warm hug of nostalgia with a little nook tailor-made for my personal obsessions—steering clear of the 'oh-so-common listicle' abyss. Let's dive into the fun zone! 🚀✨

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • 2024 Week 03 - Weekly Notes
    Posted

    Impact of 23andMe data breach, Pocketbase, how Apple built iCloud, and AlphaGeometry.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • Craft By Zen Catch-up, Jan 2024
    Posted

    Small website updates - Jan 2024

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • Year of Intentions (33)
    Posted

    My annual review, taking a look at my 33rd year

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • 2024 Week 02 - Weekly Notes
    Posted

    Stanley Cups Out of Stock, a guide to ZIRP, displaced jobs from AI, and the reason there's no improvement on rebuilding Lahaina.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing
  • 2024-01-10

    📍 Location: San Jose, CA

    I’ve talked extensively about my dad’s health issues at length, so I thought it might be worth talking about other things that I’ve been currently doing. It’s a new year, and I’m prepping more writing for 2024, including a first entry elaborating my yearly theme, the “Year of Renewal”.

    I’m getting married this May! Most of my time is spent planning until then. Otherwise, I’m chugging away working at Clear Labs, taking care of little Yuzu, and finding any free time to have dates with my fiancée.

    Little tired Yuzu sleeping on pillow

    Little tired Yuzu sleeping on pillow

    Reading

    I’m currently reading “How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World” by Deb Chachra. I absolutely loved her newsletter.

    On that note, the next book after I finish that book is “Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles” by Jay Owens.

    Website updates

    At some point, I plan on making a “curation” section, that will supercede my “Lindy Library” and maybe collapse my books and films section. Undecided how it will look. I absolutely love going to the library or bookstore and seeing blurbs of small reviews, and I thought it would be lovely to show collections of found items the same way.

    Also, you may see more tiny projects on the website, much like my JSON editor of last year. I’m loving Make Real, so I might use that as a good prototyping tool.

    Watching

    I’ve gotten some kudos from multiple people about my media logs. I’m continuing to log my media for 2024, hopefully more comprehensive than last year. There are still some movies I’ve watched that I have to parse from my fiancée’s watch history.

    I have a bunch of new releases in my queue, including The Curse, Poor Things, The Boy and the Heron, Afire, and Anatomy of a Fall.

    Miscellany

    I’ve been playing with the Anbernic RG35XX Plus, and I absolutely love it. I’ve been able to play games I haven’t gotten the chance to, including “A Link to the Past”, “Final Fantasy II”, and many others. The emulation and controls are absolutely everything I wanted, and more.

    Happy 2024!

    Filed: ⌚ Now
  • 2024 Week 01 - Weekly Notes
    Posted

    New Year for digital movies, digital nomad history, and Dunky's guide to streaming services.

    Filed: ✍🏼 Writing

I'm currently leading application development at Clear Labs.

I write essays on eclectic topics, from programming, cooking, and strange habit of collecting obituaries.


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Newsletter Series

I have put back together my newsletter after years of absense! These are primarily updates on my blog, "Craft By Zen", and maybe some highlights to the new articles I've written. There might be some life updates as well. I'm doing away with the old format of weekly longform essays, and trying some new things with my newsletter.

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